Breast Cancer Awareness Quotes: 10 Sayings To Raise Awareness And Hope For Victims Of The Disease

Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins today on October 1^st and will continue for the entire month. The purpose of the month is to

raise awareness for the disease that affects so many women;

however, it does so much more than that. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month,

many women

are exposed to life saving prevention techniques, mainly early detection and increased screening and tests. With the disease being widely reported by the mainstream media,

more donations are contributed to finding a cure.

Additionally, the month serves as a time to discuss the disease, for survivors, and those suffering from breast cancer. It creates an open conversation about breast cancer and the harsh realities of suffering from this disease, In celebration of the month Latin Times has collected 10 quotes to raise awareness and hop or the victims of breast cancer.

“With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has

been affected by breast cancer.”

— Betsey Johnson

“If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with 'sad eyes.' Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.”—Hoda Kotb

“Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.”— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

“There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.”

— Ann Jillian

“Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore.”— Melissa Etheridge

“I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn't seem like such a daunting task anymore.”— Hoda Kotb

“I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.”— Giuliana Rancic

“Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.”—Barbara Ehrenreich

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?”—Lance Armstrong

“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”— Maya Angelou